Photo Challenge

Submission Requirements

1. This competition is open only to undergraduate and graduate students who are currently enrolled at the City University of New York.
2. Students may submit one image per month. If you submit more than one photo per month, the earliest-dated submission will be accepted and additional submissions for that month will be deleted.
3. Entries must be high resolution. The minimum dimension on one side is 1920 pixels. The maximum file size is 25 megabytes.
4. Low-resolution photos will be disqualified.
5. Be sure to provide full caption information. Your submission will not be complete until you have filled out all required fields on the form.
6. Entries received after the 28th of the month (or whatever is the specified deadline, should it be other than the 28th) will be considered in the following month; you do not need to resubmit your entry.
7. If your photo shows identifiable minor children, you must scan in a photo release signed by a parent or guardian; a release form PDF is provided at the bottom of the contest entry form.
8. The judges assume that all CUNY students and other identifiable adults have given you their consent to be photographed.

Technical Requirements

The judges have rejected potential winners because they were low-resolution shots that would not display well on the Web or the high-definition screens at CUNY headquarters, or because the subject was unintentionally out of focus. If an image doesn’t look sharp to you across the areas that count, it probably won’t pass muster. (That said, the judges did choose a grainy image with obvious camera shake as a third-place winner because it captured a joyous moment — the end of finals – so completely.)

Monthly Winners Selection

Monthly winners are selected at the end of each month by the CUNY’s Communications and Marketing team. The first, second, and third place of each month will be announced at the beginning of the month.

Winners

Winners will be notified by an email that will request some biographical information. A quick response is appreciated to ensure that cuny.edu can post the winners at the start of the next month. We ask winners to voluntarily submit a headshot portrait of themselves to go alongside the winning image, which most winners have done.